Michele Gaudin Practice Areas: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Successful, aggressive trial lawyer with numerous favorable jury verdicts and settlements for defendants and plaintiffs. Experience in multiparty litigation, including most recently defense of client facing 46 plaintiffs claims consolidated by the Court.   Wrongful Death Personal Injury Auto Accidents, Truck Accidents, etc. Sexual Abuse Corporate Defense Maritime and Offshore Injury or Death Criminal Law Police Misconduct Admitted to Practice: State Courts of Louisiana U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Law School: Loyola University, J.D., 1981 College: University of New Orleans, B.A., 1978 Honor Graduate High School: Archbishop Chapelle 1974 Honor Graduate Memberships: Louisiana State Bar Association (Received LSBA Award for Outstanding Achievement) New Orleans Bar Association Association of Women Attorneys (Past President) Biography: Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, 1981 National Mock Trial Team Juvenile Judge Ad Hoc, 1989-2001 Reported Cases: Flowers v. Blackburn, 779 F2d 1115 (U.S. Fifth Circuit, 1986) Declouet v. Orleans Parish School Board, 715 So.2d 69 Born: New Orleans, Louisiana PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Louisiana State Bar Association Award for Outstanding Achievement. AV rated by peer review.  Highest rating available.  Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Juvenile Judge Ad Hoc:  Appointed by Louisiana Supreme Court to serve as Juvenile Judge Ad Hoc numerous times. Past President:  Association for Women Attorneys, New Orleans, Louisiana. Past Chair:  New Orleans Bar Association Committee on Torts and Insurance Law. Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Award of Appreciation. CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS: CLE Presented Seminar/Lormann Education Services:  Successful Handling of Wrongful Death Cases in Louisiana, July 13, 2001.  Tulane University School of Law CLE: Presented Seminar:  Ethics Presentation, December 28, 1999. Tulane University School of Law CLE: Presented Seminar:  “Professionalism & Ethics”, Tulane Continuing Legal Ed., October 21, 1998. Tulane University School of Law CLE: “Selecting a Jury in State Court After Batson”, December 29, 1997. Louisiana State Bar Association, “Bridging the Gap” (12 years) Tulane University School of Law:  “Pro Bono Appointments In Criminal Cases – Criminal Law for the Civil lawyer”, December, 1992. Tulane University School of Law:  “Representing the Brain Injured Client”, December, 1990. Tulane University School of Law:  “The Attorney-Client Privilege in Criminal Cases”, November, 1989. OTHER PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS: “It’s the Law.” Appeared on television program sponsored by New Orleans Bar Association, February 4, 1992.   CPC Eastlake Hospital “Social Workers and the Law”, March 30, 1990. Presentation to mental health professionals. “Legal and Professional Definitions of Abusive Touch”, June 23, 1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Presentation to mental health professionals concerning potential legal consequences of using touch in therapy. Sunday, February 13, 2005, St. Dominic Parish Holy Name Society, New Orleans, Louisiana (Wills, Living Wills and Durable Powers of Attorney). REPRESENTATIVE DECISIONS AND VERDICTS: Rucker v. Bergeron Motors, et al., United States District Court, No. 00-3514 (April 1, 2003).  Defense jury verdict for car dealership in alleged wrongful termination case. Doe v. Latin American Apostolate, et al, Civil District Court (Record Under Seal) Defense verdict in sex abuse jury trial despite client’s having plead guilty to sex abuse in criminal court. Doe v. Archdiocese of New Orleans, et al, Civil District Court (record Under Seal). Summary Judgment in favor of two clerics wrongfully accused in a civil case. See also home page.  Michele Gaudin, LLC © 2008  The law firm of Michele Gaudin, LLC,  maintains an "AV" rating (highest possible rating) from the National Lawyer Rating Organization, Martindale-Hubbell®.